Source: CharterS14

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Oswine, king of Kent, to Æbbe, abbess (of Minster-in-Thanet); grant of 18 hides (manentes) in the Isle of Thanet, Kent.

Charter information
Sawyer 14
Birch 40
Kemble 10
British Academy ---
Source Used Birch
Archive(s) Canterbury, St Augustine's ex Minster-in-Thanet
Source Information
Language Latin
Scholarly Source Dating .69

Notes

Turner 1915, pp. xxxiv, xxxviii-ix, authentic; Stenton 1918, p. 437 nn. 19, 22, some grounds for confidence (= Stenton 1970, p. 51 n. 5, 52 n. 3); Wallenberg, KPN, p. 9; John 1960, pp. 4, 49, 50; Whitelock 1976, p. 143, on date; Scharer 1982, pp. 75-7, authenticity uncertain, perhaps altered in transmission; Wormald 1985, p. 25, broadly trustworthy; Kelly, St Augustine's, pp. 152-3, probably authentic.

Translation(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp.
Ward, G. King Oswin - A Forgotten Ruler of Kent Archaeologia Cantiana 1938 61